grindgrind2 noun1[singular]WORK THAT somebody DOES something that is hard work and physically or mentally tiringI find the journey to work a real grind.workers emerging from their daily grind in the factory2[countable] American English informalSESTUDY a student who never does anything exceptstudy syn swot British English3[countable] a movement in skateboarding or rollerblading, which involves moving sideways along the edge of something, so that the bar connecting the wheels of the skateboard or rollerblade presses hard against the edge

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grind• Work feels like such a grind lately.• The dailygrind of meetings and tutorials went on.• The PrimeMinister is pictured taking a break from the hard grind of political life.• The relentlessgrind of hard labour and ill-health had taken its toll on Booth.From Longman Business Dictionarygrindgrind1 /graɪnd/ noun [singular]1something that is hard work and physically or mentally tiringI find the journey to work a real grind.grind ofthe relentless grind of international conferences2the/your daily grind the boring things that you have to do at work every dayworkers emerging from their daily grind in the factorygrindgrind2 verb (past tense and past participle ground /graʊnd/)grind to a halt to gradually stopIf the strikes continue, steel production will grind to a halt.These latest figures are further evidence of Britain’s economy grinding to a halt. →grind somebody → down→ See Verb table